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RALEIGH – William & Mary’s baseball team avoided Ole Miss ace Bobby Wahl in Friday’s NCAA Raleigh Regional opener, but the Tribe had no such luck with an even higher profile college pitcher, North Carolina State ace Carlos Rodon....

The last and most prolific day of Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft brought a little of everything to area fans.
-- The Detroit Tigers picked another Verlander.
-- Numerous players from state colleges who had successful seasons, including...

It appears we have another baseball controversy.
Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday night was decided on a controversial call which allowed the St. Louis Cardinals to plate the winning run in the ninth inning of a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox....

They did it. A Boston Red Sox team that was given up for lost in 2012 came back to win the World Series in six intense and exciting games against the St. Louis Cardinals.
For Red Sox fans, the 2013 season was a gift from the baseball gods, a magical...

Sporting beards that would make Gandalf the Wizard jealous, the Red Sox turned in a magical season —an odyssey that sprang from too much chicken and beer in the clubhouse under Terry Francona, to the Bobby Valentine experiment and finally to the top...

If you want to see the world and stay up late most nights, a great way to do it is to play pro baseball.
Former William and Mary standout Brendan Harris was picked up late this week by the New York Yankees' organization and sent to Triple-A after being...

Before a sold-out home crowd Saturday night, the Orioles lost an emotionally charged 7-3 contest to the Boston Red Sox, a game in the standings and chunks of their visiting dugout phone.
Maybe this has the potential to become an actual rivalry after all....

One wonders if the struggling Washington Nationals might want to give former William and Mary players Chris Rahl and Will Rhymes a shot. They've been stuck at Triple-A Syracuse this season but have been productive for the Chiefs.
The numbers:
Player,...

Last month, some fans of the Atlanta Braves were wondering if acquiring Chesapeake's Upton brothers during the offseason was such a great idea.
But when the calendar turned to August, B.J. and Justin both heated up, helping carry the Braves to a whopping...